He looked, and beheld the uncouth form of the
maniac king slowly approaching him. The sight affected the Hebrew's
heart. His eyes became moistened with tears. The punishment was just, he
knew; but in the history of that degraded monarch, he could find many
things to admire. In other days he had a heart that throbbed with kind
and warm emotions. Had he not in the main been kind to him and his three
companions? And, in the midst of envy and jealousy, had he not kept them,
foreigners as they were, in the highest offices in the gift of the
government? He had. And Daniel's heart throbbed with pity as he beheld
the brutish antics of one who was once so powerful and intelligent. The
king gradually approached the spot where Daniel sat, without observing
him, sometimes standing erect, other times running on all fours,
sometimes uttering incoherent expressions, other times bellowing like an
ox.
"God of my fathers," silently cried Daniel, "let this suffice! According
to thy promise restore the unhappy king to his reason, and let his
courtiers know that there is no God like unto thee.
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